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Viaplay Turnaround Focused On Core Ops; Flight MH-17 Doc Deal; Anna Torv Cast In ‘Territory’; Locarno Juries — Global Briefs
Viaplay results, Channel 4 doc deals, Anna Torv leading 'Territory' cast and Locarno juries feature in Global Briefs today.
Jensen’s replacement as CEO, Jørgen Madsen Lindemann, said “our focused focused work to retransform Viaplay Group is progressing, with substantial changes being made across the business, and many more to come.” He pointed to new long-term sports partnership rights struck with Formula 1 and UEFA that will “drive increased viewing and further commercial opportunities.” While Lindemann said Viaplay films and shows such as Wisting are performing better, streaming subscription revenue was concerningly down by around 1%, which the group put down to “a decrease in the number of subscribers, which were partly offset by price increases across almost all markets.” The company made around 30% of its staff redundant last year and withdrew from a number of markets including the UK. Joining previously announced main jury president Jessica Hausner to decide the recipient of the Concorso Internazionale (International Competition) are Italian star Luca Marinelli ( Martin Eden, The Eight Mountains,and the eagerly awaited tv series M. Il figlio del secolo); Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia –whose All We Imagine as Light won the Grand Prix at Cannes this year; Belgian producer Diana Elbaum ( Elle, Green Border); and U.S. actor, writer, director and producer, and regular Coen brothers collaborator Tim Blake Nelson, who also stars in Vincent Grashaw’s Bang Bang, which premieres out of competition in Locarno. ‘Fiery’ Obasi, whose Juju Stories(2021) featured in Concorso Internazionale at Locarno three years ago; French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker and actor Lina Soualem; and former Cahiers du cinéma editor, scholar and Artistic Director of the Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique, Charles Tesson.
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